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The Commoner
APRIL, 1915
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vision of the farm adviser and repre
sentative from the University of Mis
souri. Here the representatives from
the district and townships met in in
dividual and school competition, this
being the culmination of all previous
events.
"Onlv nunils who are regular at
tendants in the rural school that they
represent, between the ages of ten
and eighteen, are allowed to enter.
All material shown in any exhibit in
competition must have been made,
prepared or gathered by the one in
whose name it is entered. The stu
dents usually work in teams of three
mpmhera. The agricultural extension
service of the college of agriculture
hopes to interest many more counties
in these contests this spring.
"Both boys and girls are eligible
to all contests but it is the aim of the
farm advisers to get the boys inter
ested in the particular lines that ap
ply to their interests and the girls
to" theirs. They believe that it is far
better to center a girl's work and am
bition on a desire to bake a prize loaf
of bread than to be a good stock
judge."
PRUNING TREES AFTER PLANTING
will take placo too rapidly. The
largo amount of foliage requires
more water and food material than
the short root system can supply.
Trees which have not been cut back
will often start growing too vigor
ously only to die when the food and
water, which is stored in the plant, or
which is easily available, is exhaust
ed.
All branches and torn roots should
bo cut back to healthy tissue, leav
ing smooth cuts that will readily
heal. Long, straggly roots should bo
shortened, and any masses or tangled
roots should bo shortened and
thinned.
peas, greens, string beans, beets, car
rots, etc. for canning. Cucumbers,
onions, cabbage, peppers and string
beans for pickles. Besides plonty of
carrots, onions, beets, parsnips, sal
sify, winter radishes, cabbage, ruta
bagas., colorv. Hminnh ntwl mimnkinn
for storing in the cellar for winter
use.
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ADAPTATION OP SWEET CLOVER
When the trees are taken from the
nursery row, a large part of the root
system is left in the ground; the
equilibrium between the roots and
the top of the tree is thus disturbed;
and it is obvious that a part of tr.e
top should also be removed, states
the department of horticulture, Ne
braska university farm. Should int.
top be left unpruned, transpiration
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E euro eczema, salt rheum, barbers
itch and other skin diseases. Sent Jby
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DROTHER Discovered root cures
J- tobacco habit and lnaigesuon.uuu
Sweet clover will thrive upon any
nonacid soil suitable for other culti
vated crops. It will do especially well
on a fertile soil with an abundance
of rainfall, says Extension Bulletin
22, Nebraska experiment station.
However, when a stand is once ob
tained, it will make a comparatively
vigorous growth oil thin, clayey, or
sandy soils, containing but little hu
mus. Satisfactory stands and yields
are often obtained in central and
western Nebraska where the rainfall
is light. Its production has been too
limited in western Nebraska to per
mit a definite statement regarding the
likelihood of success in regions
whore alfalfa is a failure because of
.deficient rainfall. On account of the
limited experience with this crop in
Nebraska, it is advisable to plant only
a few acres until results have shown
it to be a suitable and well-adapted
crop for one's own conditions.
CAUSE FOR LOSS OP SPRING TIGS
THE POULTRY FLOCK
Cleanliness Is the silver key to suc
cess in the poultry business. It Is so
strongly essential that, given good
poultry to start with, it is nearly all
of it, and yet it is the last thing
many poultry keopors think neces
sary at all.
Do not clvo (liifikUncrt wntcr to
swim In; they do not need it and will
not thrive as well with it as without.
Keep drinking water before them all
the time; a duck has no crop as a hen
has, and needs water to wash down
her food.
The inexperienced incubator oper
ator should know that froquent open
ine of the incubator doors at hatch
ing time Is harmful. Another thing
to remember is that one of the chief
causes of chicks dying in the shell is
allowing the heat to run too low
when chicks are hatching.
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One of the principal reasons for the
loss of spring pigs at this time, as
well as any other, according to the
Nebraska Experiment station, arises
from the fact that the brood sow has
been stuffed and fattened with a
heavy corn ration. The sow becomes
lazy and does not take exercise, an
important thing for keeping an ani-
mai in ueuimy uuumnuu. j.u iunuu.
should be limited enough to keep the
appetite keen. The feeding floors
should be at some distance from the
sleeping quarters in order to induce
exercise.
A ration of corn or ground barley,
seven parts, and oil meal one part, or
corn and ground barley nine parts to
one of tankage will give satisfactory
results, if fed in limited amounts.
Good alfalfa hay should be provided
in such a way that the sows can have
access to it at all times.
Little Farms In Shcnandonh Vnllcy of
virRinla; 5 and 10 aero tracts near good
K.U. 1250 and up, easy terms, Good fruit. veaeUble, poultry,
and live stock country, Send (or literature no
F. A. LaBtaumc, Agr'I At., N. & W. Iiy.,
10 Arcade B'.dg., RoaHoke, va.
OATS TO GROW
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nd other drys should wear a "water
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current vernacular for "abstinence.
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Twenty varieties of oats tested at
the Nebraska Experiment station
show that the early varieties out
yielded the late varieties 14 bushels
an acre. The early varieties which
rinonpd Julv 11. on the average,
yielded 53.9 bushels, while those that
ripened on July 20, produced about
40.1 bushels. Kherson, Burt, and
Texas Red are among the early va
rieties that proved best. Among the
late varieties, the Lincoln oats have
given the best results.
About eight pecks an acre gives
the best results when Kherson oats
are drilled, and about 10 pecks an
acre when they are sown broadcast.
Varieties with larger grains require a
correspondingly heavier rate of seeding.
THE GARDEN PIAN
The garden should not only be
planned to furnish the table during
the summer with fresh vegetables,
but also enough for winter. There
should be plenty of sweet corn for
canning and drying, enough tomatoes
for canning, preserving and pickling,
The largest record, of any Ayrshire
cow in Nebraska is that of Lady Lin
coln, owned by tho Nebraska agricul
tural college, and which at seven
years seven months of ago produced
in a twelve-months period 14,778
pounds of milk and 511.57 pounds of
butter fat. Her Ave yearly milking
periods average 11,789 pounds of
milk and 397 pounds or butter rat.
Kansas consumes about twenty
million pounds of twine a year in
bindinc its wheat cron. besides that
used for corn, kafllr, etc. Tho state
penitentiary twine plant has -a pro
duction of about three million
pounds annually.
Kansas has 7,137 silos. This Is
something like fifty-one silos to ev
ery county in the state, but there are
twenty-one counties having less than
a dozen and several having "no silos
whatever within their boundaries.
Five of the rich Kansas counties have
more than 200 silos and are report
ing constant increases.
The cultivation of potatoes, which
were originally Introduced into Ger
many from tho United States, has
been brought to such a wonderful
stage of development that two dis
tinct classes of potatoes arc raised,
the one rich in carbohydrates, but
poor in nitrogenous matter for the
fermentation industry, and tho other
rich, in nitrogenous matter for eating
purposes.
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